diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dendropy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dendropy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a455db96c22b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dendropy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, pkgs
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname   = "DendroPy";
+  version = "4.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "bd5b35ce1a1c9253209b7b5f3939ac22beaa70e787f8129149b4f7ffe865d510";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    # Test removed/disabled and reported upstream: https://github.com/jeetsukumaran/DendroPy/issues/74
+    rm -f dendropy/test/test_dataio_nexml_reader_tree_list.py
+  '';
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    # Needed for unicode python tests
+    export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ pkgs.glibcLocales ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://dendropy.org/;
+    description = "A Python library for phylogenetic computing";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ unode ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7db8d5c2cd97..85fb35a8629f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ in {
 
   bugseverywhere = callPackage ../applications/version-management/bugseverywhere {};
 
+  dendropy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dendropy { };
+
   dbf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbf { };
 
   dbfread = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbfread { };